Data transmission method, device and apparatus

ABSTRACT

Disclosed by the present application are a data transmission method, device and apparatus, the method comprising: a terminal transmitting data to a base station by means of normal resources; when the base station adjusts the configuration of the normal resources so that the terminal transmits data when the normal resources are unavailable, or when the normal resources cannot complete a configured number of repeated transmissions, data is transmitted to the base station on potential resources, wherein the normal resources and the potential resources are resources used for transmitting data which are semi-statically configured for the terminal by the base station; and when the normal resources are unavailable and the potential resources do not serve as a third type of resource for other terminals, the base station and the terminal determine a potential resource for transmitting data that needs to be used according to the same mode.

The present application claims the priority of Chinese PatentApplication No. 201810171917.6, filed to China National IntellectualProperty Administration on Mar. 1, 2018, and entitled “DATA TRANSMISSIONMETHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS”, and Chinese Patent Application No.201810937023.3, filed to China National Intellectual PropertyAdministration on Aug. 16, 2018, and entitled “DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD,DEVICE AND APPARATUS”, both of which are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

FIELD

The present application relates to the field of wireless communicationtechnology, in particular to a data transmission method, a device andapparatus.

BACKGROUND

The technical solution aiming at the conflict between semi-staticresource configuration and dynamic changes in resource properties incurrent Ultra Reliable & Low Latency Communication (URLLC) is asfollows.

If there is a conflict on an initial resource, delay is performedaccording to Table 1 below; and if there is a conflict on resourcesother than the initial resource, data transmission on those resources isabandoned.

Table 1 shows transmission schemes corresponding to different redundancyversions (RV) under configuration of different repetition times K in anURLLC uplink transmission without grant.

According to current standards, through Radio Resource Control (RRC)configuration, such as K=4 and RV={0 3 0 3}, the time domain resourceposition is {initial Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM)symbol, the quantity of OFDM symbols}, and this time domain resourceposition is defined as a transmission opportunity (TO), namely, aresource that completes one repeated transmission, wherein K=4 meansthat four repeated transmissions are needed, and four TOs are needed.Here, the TO is usually continuous in time domain.

The line K=4 in Table 1 below is taken as an example. When data arrivesbefore the first TO, the data can be transmitted from the first TO tothe fourth TO, namely four times of transmission, and RV is {0 3 0 3}.When data arrives after the first TO and before the third TO, the datacan be transmitted from the third TO to the fourth TO, namely two timesof transmission, and RV is {0 3}. When data arrives after the third TO,data is not transmitted.

TABLE 1 RV = RV = {0 0 0 0} RV = {0 3 0 3} {0 2 3 1} K = 1 {0} {0} {0} K= 2 {0 0} if start {0 3} always start {0 2} from 1^(st) TO from 1^(st)TO always {0} if start start from from 2^(nd) TO 1^(st) TO K = 4 {0 0 00} if start {0 3 0 3} if start {0 2 3 1} from 1^(st) TO from 1^(st) TOalways {0 0 0} if start start from from 2^(nd) TO 1^(st) TO {0 0} ifstart {0 3} if start from from 3^(rd) TO 3^(rd) TO {0} if start from4^(th) TO K = 8 {0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0} {0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3} {0 2 3 1 0 if startfrom 1^(st) if start from 1^(st) TO 2 3 1} TO always start from {0 0 0 00 0 0} 1^(st) TO if start from 2^(nd) TO {0 0 0 0 0 0} if {0 3 0 3 0 3}if start from 3^(rd) TO start from 3^(rd) TO {0 0 0 0 0} if start from4^(th) TO {0 0 0 0} if start {0 3 0 3} if start from 5^(th) TO from5^(th) TO {0 0 0} if start from 6^(th) TO {0 0} if start {0 3} if startfrom 7^(th) TO from 7^(th) TO

The disadvantage of the prior art is that when data arrival time isinconsistent with resource configuration, semi-static resources cannotcomplete K repeated transmissions, so that the uplink transmission ofURLLC will be partially canceled, which will affect reliability of datatransmission.

Further, to enhance reliability, it is necessary to configure newresources or TOs by dynamic signaling, which will increase signalingoverheads and implementation complexity.

SUMMARY

The present application provides a data transmission method andapparatus and a device, to solve the problem in data transmissionunreliability caused by the conflict between semi-static resourceconfiguration and dynamic changes in resource properties in a wirelesscommunication system.

An embodiment of the present application provides a data transmissionmethod, including:

transmitting, by a terminal, data to a base station on one or morenormal resources; and

transmitting, by the terminal, the data to the base station on one ormore potential resources, in the condition that the base station adjustsa configuration for the normal resources and thus the normal resourcesis unable to be used for data transmission, or in the condition thatrepeated transmissions with a configured quantity is unable to becompleted on the normal resources, wherein the normal resources and thepotential resources are resources which are used for data transmissionand semi-statically configured for the terminal by the base station, andin the condition that the normal resources are unavailable and thepotential resources do not serve as a third type of resources for otherterminals, the terminal determines the potential resources to be usedfor data transmission in a same manner as the base station.

Optionally, the third type of resources refers to resources dynamicallyscheduled by the base station to the other terminals.

Optionally, the normal resources are resources configured by explicitsignaling and enabled by explicit/implicit signaling.

Optionally, the potential resources are resources configured byexplicit/implicit signaling and/or automatically enabled.

Optionally, the potential resources are configured according to Nadjacent resources in a resource configured period behind the normalresources in the resource configured period in the condition that thepotential resources are configured by implicit signaling, wherein N is apositive integer.

Optionally, the potential resources of the previous min{M, J} resourceunits are used for data transmission, in the condition that transmittingon the potential resources, the normal resources have K resource units,M normal resources among the normal resources are unavailable, and Jpotential resources among the potential resources are available, namely,the potential resources are not used as the third type of resources ofthe other terminals.

Optionally, each of the resource units is a subframe, a slot, or amini-slot.

Optionally, frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) is between thepotential resources and the normal resources; or

time-division multiplexing (TDM) is between the potential resources andthe normal resources; or FDM is between a part of the potentialresources and the normal resources, and TDM is between the other part ofthe potential resources and the normal resources.

Optionally, before the transmitting, by the terminal, the data to thebase station on one or more potential resources, the method furtherincludes:

determining, by the terminal, the configured potential resources througha pattern, wherein the pattern is determined according to a position ofa normal transmission opportunity (TO) occupied by a first transmissionof the data and/or a position of the normal resources adjusted by thebase station.

Optionally, the pattern is specified by a protocol, or configured to theterminal by the base station.

Optionally, the potential resources are in a same configured period asthe normal TO occupied by the first transmission of the data.

Optionally, a time interval between a time position of the normal TOoccupied by the first transmission of the data and a time position of afirst potential resource is larger than K2, and K2 is a predeterminedvalue.

An embodiment of the present application provides a wirelesscommunication device, including:

a processor configured to read a program in a memory to:

process data according to requirements of a transceiver; and

the transceiver configured to receive and transmit the data undercontrol of the processor, and configured to:

transmit the data to a base station on one or more normal resources; and

transmit the data to the base station on one or more potentialresources, in the condition that the base station adjusts aconfiguration for of the normal resources and thus the normal resourcesis unable to be used for data transmission, or in the condition thatrepeated transmissions with a configured quantity is unable to becompleted on the normal resources, wherein the normal resources and thepotential resources are resources which are used for data transmissionand semi-statically configured for the terminal by the base station, andin the condition that the normal resources are unavailable and thepotential resources do not serve as a third type of resources for otherterminals, the base station and the terminal determine the potentialresources to be used for data transmission in the same manner.

Optionally, the third type of resources refers to resources dynamicallyscheduled by the base station to the other terminals.

Optionally, the normal resources are resources configured by explicitsignaling and enabled by explicit/implicit signaling.

Optionally, the potential resources are resources configured byexplicit/implicit signaling and/or automatically enabled.

Optionally, the potential resources are configured according to Nadjacent resources in a resource configured period behind the normalresources in the resource configured period in the condition that thepotential resources are configured by implicit signaling, wherein N is apositive integer.

Optionally, the potential resources of the previous min{M, J} resourceunits are used for data transmission, in the condition that transmittingon the potential resources, the normal resources have K resource units,M normal resources among the normal resources are unavailable, and Jpotential resources among the potential resources are available, namely,the potential resources are not used as the third type of resources ofthe other terminals.

Optionally, each of the resource units may be a subframe, a slot, amini-slot.

Optionally, FDM is between the potential resources and the normalresources;

or TDM is between the potential resources and the normal resources;

or FDM is between a part of the potential resources and the normalresources, and TDM is adopted between the other part of the potentialresources and the normal resources.

Optionally, before the transceiver transmits data to the base station onthe potential resources, the processor is further configured to:

determine the configured potential resources through a pattern,

wherein the pattern is determined according to a position of a TOoccupied by a first transmission of the data and/or a position of thenormal resources adjusted by the base station.

Optionally, the pattern is specified by a protocol, or configured to theterminal by the base station.

Optionally, the potential resources are in the same configured period asthe normal TO occupied by the first transmission.

Optionally, as for time positions, a time interval between a timeposition of the normal TO occupied by the first transmission of the dataand a time position of the first potential resource is larger than K2,and K2 is a predetermined value.

An embodiment of the present application provides a data transmissionapparatus, including:

a resource determination module, configured to determine resources usedfor data transmission, wherein the resources are resources which areused for data transmission and semi-statically configured by a basestation for a terminal, the resources include normal resources andpotential resources, and in the condition that the normal resources areunavailable and the potential resources do not serve as a third type ofresources of other terminals, the base station and the terminaldetermine the potential resources to be used for data transmission inthe same manner; and

a data transmission module, configured to transmit data on the normalresources, and transmit the data on the potential resources in thecondition that the base station adjusts configuration of the normalresources and thus the normal resources is unable to be used for datatransmission, or in the condition that repeated transmissions with aconfigured quantity is unable to be completed on the normal resources.

Optionally, the third type of resources refers to resources dynamicallyscheduled by the base station to the other terminals.

An embodiment of the present application provides a computer device,which includes a memory, a processor and a computer program stored inthe memory and running on the processor, wherein the processor executesthe computer program to perform the above data transmission method.

The present application has the following beneficial effects.

In the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the presentapplication, the terminal transmits the data to the base station on thenormal resources, but when the normal resources are unavailable due tosignaling, the terminal transmits the data to the base station on thepotential resources. Because potential resources refer to the resourcesneeded for data transmission determined by the base station and theterminal in the same manner when the normally configured normalresources are unavailable and the potential resources do not serve asthe third type of resources of the other terminals, resourceconfiguration can be carried out flexibly. In this way, when there is aconflict between semi-static resource configuration and dynamic changesin resource properties in uplink transmission of URLLC, even when theconfigured normal resources cannot be used, the potential resources canbe used to complete the current data transmission, so that reliabilityof data transmission is effectively ensured, and complex dynamicsignaling is not needed for configuration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are used to provide a furtherunderstanding of the present application and constitute a part of thepresent application. The illustrative embodiments and descriptions ofthe present application are used to explain the present application, anddo not constitute an improper limitation of the present application.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a data transmission method in an embodiment ofthe present application.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a data transmission method in URLLC in anembodiment of the present application.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram that FDM is between potentialresources and normal resources in an embodiment of the presentapplication.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between an actual numberof data transmissions and a TO occupied by the first transmission in anembodiment of the present application.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of time-frequency domainpositions of potential resources and normal resources in an embodimentof the present application.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a data transmissionapparatus in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communicationdevice in an embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In the process of invention, the inventor noticed the following.

With development of demands for mobile communication services, manyorganizations such as 3GPP have begun to study new wirelesscommunication systems, i.e., 5 Generation New RAT (5G NR) for futuremobile communication systems. In a 5G NR system, an important demand islow-latency and high-reliability communication, and transmission schemessuch as URLLC have appeared. In the uplink transmission of URLLC, inorder to reduce the latency, a transmission without grant is adopted. Inorder to increase the reliability, a repeated transmission is adopted.In the uplink transmission of URLLC, RRC semi-static configuration orsemi-persistent schedule (SPS) is adopted for resource configuration.When data arrival time is inconsistent with resource configuration, ordynamic signaling, such as slot-format information (SFI) configurationsignaling indicating that a certain slot is uplink, downlink, flexibleor the like, appears, resource properties are changed, and then theuplink transmission of URLLC will be partially canceled, which willaffect reliability of data transmission. If additional resources areconfigured by dynamic signaling, the complexity of dynamic signalingwill be increased. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the conflictbetween semi-static resource configuration and dynamic changes inresource properties in the uplink transmission of URLLC, so as torealize reliable data transmission and reduce signaling complexity.

On this basis, an embodiment of the present application provides a datatransmission scheme in URLLC, and the specific implementation of thepresent application will be explained with reference to the attacheddrawings.

The implementation of a base station side and a terminal side will beexplained separately, and then an example of the cooperation thereofwill be given for better understanding of the implementation of thescheme given in the embodiments of the present application. This way ofexplanation does not mean that the two must be implemented cooperativelyor independently. In fact, when the terminal and the base station areimplemented separately, they also solve the problems of the terminalside and the base station side respectively, and when they are usedtogether, better technical effects will be obtained.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a data transmission method, as shown in thefigure, including the following steps.

Step 101: transmitting, by a terminal, data to a base station on normalresources.

Wherein in specific implementation of this step, the terminal transmitsthe data to the base station on the normal resources without usingpotential resources; and the potential resources between the basestation and the terminal are also a third type of resources between thebase station and other terminals, namely, resources dynamicallyscheduled by the base station to the terminal, which belong to the mostcommon resource type in LTE.

Step 102: transmitting, by the terminal, the data to the base station onthe potential resources, in the condition that the base station adjustsa configuration for the normal resources and thus the normal resourcescannot be used for data transmission, or when repeated transmissionswith a configured quantity cannot be completed on the normal resources,wherein the normal resources and the potential resources are resourceswhich are used for data transmission and semi-statically configured forthe terminal by the base station, and when the normal resources areunavailable and the potential resources do not serve as a third type ofresources for other terminals, the base station and the terminaldetermine the potential resources needed to be used for datatransmission in the same manner.

The third type of resources refers to resources dynamically scheduled bythe base station to the other terminals.

For example, the base station configures K normal resources for datatransmission and N potential resources for data transmission for theterminal, wherein the potential resources refer to the resources neededfor data transmission determined by the base station and the terminal inthe same manner when the normal resources are unavailable and thepotential resources do not serve as the third type of resources of theother terminals.

In the embodiment of the present application, the resources configuredby the base station to the terminal are prioritized, wherein theresources dynamically scheduled by the base station to the terminal aregiven the first priority, and the resources semi-statically configuredby the base station to the terminal are given the second priority. Theresources with the second priority are prioritized again, with normalresources as the first priority and potential resources as the secondpriority. The embodiment of the present application relates to use ofpotential resources. The potential resources of a first terminal may beresources dynamically scheduled by a base station of a second terminalto the second terminal. Based on the priorities, the terminal firstlyuses the resources with high priority for data transmission. When boththe resources dynamically scheduled by the base station to the terminaland the normal resources are unavailable (for example, the base stationnotifies the terminal through signaling that the two types of resourcesare unavailable), and the potential resources are available (forexample, the potential resources do not serve as resources dynamicallyscheduled by the base station to other terminal or normal resources ofother terminals), the base station and the terminal may automaticallyconsider using the potential resources.

The potential resources are usually semi-statically configured to theterminal by the base station through RRC signaling. The potentialresources can be configured within one resource configured period oracross resource configured periods.

Generally, the potential resources can be used without notification byspecial signaling, but sometimes the terminal can be notified aboutwhether to use the potential resources through signaling likegroup-common signaling.

In implementation, the normal resources are resources configured byexplicit signaling and enabled by explicit/implicit signaling. Forexample, the normal resources are configured through downlink controlindicator (DCI) signaling and/or RRC signaling. The normally configuredresources refer to the resources indicated by DCI scheduling,semi-static configuration or the like and the indication includesspecific positions in frequency and time domains. In the embodiment ofthe present application, the time domain positions are mainly involved,and the frequency domain at different time domain positions can be thesame.

Besides normal resources, resources at the same frequency domainposition and some different time domain positions are assigned aspotential resources. Under normal circumstances, the terminal and thebase station use the normal resources for communication, instead ofpotential resources, and the potential resources will be configured tothe base station and other terminals for communication as the third typeof resources. The potential resources are used for data transmissiononly when the normal resources are unavailable due to dynamic SFIsignaling and the terminal does not receive the message that the basestation configures the potential resources to other terminals for use asthe third type of resources.

In specific implementation, the notification for the potential resourcescan be implicit or explicit. Explicit notification is realized by RRCsignaling or DCI information, and implicit notification can be, forexample, N resource units following normal resources in a resourceconfigured period. For example, the normal resources are K continuousslots (or mini-slots), and the potential resources can be N continuousslots following these K slots.

In implementation, the potential resources are resources configured byexplicit/implicit signaling and/or automatically enabled.

In implementation, implicit configuration is realized by N adjacentresources in a resource configured period behind the normal resources inthe resource configured period.

In specific implementation, when the potential resources are used fordata transmission, it is necessary to enable the potential resources.Two conditions are required for enabling the potential resources. First,the normal resources used for communication between the terminal and thebase station are unavailable. For example, the terminal receives dynamicSFI signaling, which changes the uplink and downlink properties of thenormal resources, sent by the base station, so that the terminal can nolonger use the normal resources for communication; second, the potentialresources are not occupied. In general, as for potential resources, thepriority of terminals of which normal resources are unavailable ishigher. Therefore, if the base station intends to occupy the potentialresources, it needs to signal the terminals of which normal resourcesare unavailable.

It should be noted that the reason why normally configured resources areunavailable may be that these normally configured resources arereconfigured by new DCI scheduling, semi-static configuration and thelike as the third type of resources between the base station and theseterminals, these normal resources are unavailable to the terminal. Forexample, an original uplink slot is changed into a downlink slot throughdynamic SFI signaling. Then, on a time domain resource of a physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) which the terminal is going to transmit,the terminal cannot continue to conduct uplink PUSCH transmission. Inimplementation, the unavailability of the normal resources caused bysignaling means the unavailability of the normal resources caused bydynamic SFI signaling. Meanwhile, within a time window, the terminaldoes not receive a message sent by the base station that the potentialresources are used by the base station as the third type of resources ofthe other terminals, which means that the terminal does not receive themessage that the potential resources are configured by the base stationto the other terminals as the third type of resources.

In specific implementation, in the condition that transmitting on thepotential resources, if the normal resources have K resource units, whenM normal resources among the normal resources are unavailable, and Jpotential resources among the potential resources are available, namely,they are not used as the third type of resources of the other terminals,the terminal can use the previous min{M, J} resource units. The resourceunit may be a subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, etc.

In specific implementation, FDM is between the potential resources andthe normal resources; or TDM is adopted between the potential resourcesand the normal resources; or FDM is between a part of the potentialresources and the normal resources, and TDM is between the other part ofthe potential resources and the normal resources.

It should be noted that FDM is Frequency-Division Multiplexing, which isa multiplexing technology that modulates multiple baseband signals ontocarriers with different frequencies and then superimposes them to form acomposite signal.

TDM is Time-Division Multiplexing, which conducts division according tothe time of signal transmission. It allows different signals to betransmitted at different time periods, and divides the wholetransmission time into many Time Slots (TS), and each TS is occupied byone signal.

In the embodiment of the present application, FDM or TDM may be adoptedbetween the potential resources and the normal resources, or FDM isadopted between a part of the potential resources and the normalresources, and TDM is adopted between the other part of the potentialresources and the normal resources.

In specific implementation, when the terminal determines to transmitdata to the base station on the potential resources, the terminal candetermine the potential resources configured by a pattern beforetransmitting data to the base station on the potential resources,wherein the pattern is determined according to a position of a normal TOoccupied by the first transmission of the data and/or a position of thenormal resources adjusted by the base station.

It should be noted that pattern is a resource sequence corresponding theTO occupied by the first transmission of the data.

Specifically, the pattern may be specified by a protocol or configuredto the terminal by the base station.

In specific implementation, the time interval between a time position ofthe first potential resource and a time position of the normal TOoccupied by the first transmission is larger than K2, and K2 is apredetermined value.

It should be noted that the time interval between the first potentialresource and the normal TO occupied by the first transmission is largerthan K2, so that the base station is prevented from dynamicallyscheduling other terminals on the first potential resource.

In specific implementation, the potential resources are in the same TWGconfigured period as the normal TO occupied by the first transmission ofthe data.

It should be noted that the potential resources are in the same TWGconfigured period as the normal TO occupied by the first transmission ofthe data, so that Identity (ID) confusion in a Hybrid Automatic Repeatrequest (HARQ) process is avoided.

The process is described below based on the implementation processes ofthe combination of the terminal and the base station.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a data transmission method in URLLC, as shownin the figure, including the following steps.

Step 201: configuring, by a base station, K normal resource unitsthrough DCI signaling and/or RRC signaling.

Step 202: configuring, by the base station, N potential resource unitsthrough signaling or implicitly.

Step 203: performing data transmission between the base station and aterminal on normal resources.

Step 204: changing, by the base station, the properties of the normalresources through signaling, so that part or all of the normal resourcesare unavailable.

Step 205: judging, by the terminal, which normal resources areunavailable according to the signaling changing the properties of thenormal resources, and stopping data transmission on the unavailablenormal resources.

Step 206: judging, by the terminal, whether potential resources areavailable according to the received signaling.

Step 207: determining, by the terminal, how the potential resources areused according to the unavailable normal resources and the availablepotential resources.

Step 208: performing data transmission between the base station and theterminal on the potential resources.

Step 209: completing data transmission between the base station and theterminal in a whole resource period.

Further explanation will be given below with specific examples.

Embodiment 1

According to the current standard, through RRC configuration, K=4, RV={03 0 3}, the time domain resource position is {initial OFDM symbol, thenumber of OFDM symbols}, this time domain resource position is definedas a TO, namely, a resource that completes one repeated transmission,K=4 means that four repeated transmissions are needed, and four TOs areneeded. Here, the TO is usually continuous.

Considering that an uplink data packet of user equipment (UE) arrivesafter the first TO and before the third TO in a transmission withoutgrant (TWG) configured period, the UE will transmit the PUSCH with RV=0in the third TO and the PUSCH with RV=3 in the fourth TO. According tothe current standards, no other transmission will be performed in thisresource period. Under normal circumstances in blind detection for thePUSCH by the base station, the PUSCHs with different RVs should bedetected in the third TO and the fourth TO respectively.

Assuming that there are other time resources in the TWG configuredperiod, the base station will explicitly or implicitly notify theterminal which resources can be configured as potential TOs. Thepotential TOs means that they will not be used under normalcircumstances, and can only be used when previous normal TOs cannot beused, the potential TOs are not used as a third type of resources ofother terminals, and the base station and the terminal determine thepotential TOs in the same manner, namely, both the base station and theterminal know the potential TOs should be used and how to use thepotential TOs.

The terminal is configured by the base station in the way that Ncontinuous TOs after normal TOs are potential resources.

When the PUSCH is blindly detected by the base station in the thirdnormal TO, it knows that the terminal will continue to transmit thePUSCHs in the first and second potential TOs, so the base stationusually cannot schedule other terminals for uplink data transmission inthe time domain positions of the first and second potential TOs of theterminal. If the base station really intends to occupy the first andsecond potential TOs for uplink data transmission to other terminals, itis necessary to use dynamic signaling to notify the terminal that thepotential resources cannot be used, because these potential resourceshave been used as the third type of resources of other terminals.

Generally, after transmitting the first PUSCH in the third normal TO andthe second PUSCH in the fourth TO, the terminal will use the first andsecond potential TOs to transmit the PUSCHs with RV=0 and RV=3,respectively.

Embodiment 2

According to the current standard, through RRC configuration, K=4, RV={03 0 3}, the time domain resource position is {initial OFDM symbol, thenumber of OFDM symbols}, this time domain resource position is definedas a TO, namely, a resource that completes one repeated transmission,K=4 means that four repeated transmissions are needed, and four TOs areneeded. Here, the TO is usually continuous.

Considering that the terminal receives dynamic SFI configurationinformation after the terminal transmits the PUSCH with RV=0 in thefirst normal TO in a TWG configured period, so that several subsequentnormal TOs can no longer be used. For example, if the following twonormal TOs cannot be used, the terminal will not transmit the PUSCH inthe third normal TO and the fourth normal TO in this resource periodaccording to the current standard after transmitting the PUSCH in thefirst normal TO and the second normal TO. Under normal circumstances inblind detection of the PUSCH by the base station, it should only blindlydetect the PUSCHs on the first TO and the second TO.

Assuming that there are other time resources in the TWG configuredperiod, the base station will explicitly or implicitly notify theterminal which resources can be configured as potential TOs. Thepotential TOs means that they will not be used under normalcircumstances, and can only be used when previous normal TOs cannot beused, the potential TOs are not used as a third type of resources ofother terminals, and the base station and the terminal determine thepotential TOs in the same manner, namely, both the base station and theterminal know the potential TOs should be used and how to use thepotential TOs.

The terminal is configured by the base station in the way that Ncontinuous TOs after normal TOs are potential resources.

The PUSCH is blindly detected by the base station in the first normalTO. Meanwhile, according to dynamic SFI signaling, the terminal will nottransmit the PUSCHs in the third normal TO and the fourth normal TOafter transmitting the PUSCHs in the first normal TO and the secondnormal TO. Besides, the base station knows that the terminal willcontinue to transmit the PUSCHs in the first and second potential TOs,so the base station generally cannot schedule other terminals for uplinkdata transmission in the time domain positions of the first and secondpotential TOs of the terminal. If the base station really wants tooccupy the first and second potential TOs for uplink data transmissionto other terminals, it is necessary to use dynamic signaling to notifythe terminal that the potential resources cannot be used, because thesepotential resources have been used as the third type of resources ofother terminals.

Generally, after transmitting the first PUSCH in the first normal TO andthe second PUSCH in the second TO, the terminal will not transmit thePUSCHs in the third normal TO and the fourth normal TO, and uses thefirst and second potential TOs to transmit the PUSCHs with RV=0 andRV=3, respectively.

Embodiment 3

According to the current standard, when the terminal transmits the datato the base station, the base station configures resources for theterminal through RRC, the time domain resource position is {initial OFDMsymbol, the number of continuous OFDM symbols}, and the frequency domainresource position is a physical resource block (PRB) set configuredaccording to type 0 or type 1.

The time domain resource position and the frequency domain resourceposition are defined as one TO, namely, completion of one repeatedtransmission, for example, K=4, RV={0 3 0 3}, which means that fourrepeated transmissions are needed, and four TOs are needed. Here, the TOusually occurs in K continuous time slots.

If there are 4 normal TOs in a TWG configured period, and an uplink datapacket of the terminal arrives after the first TO and before the thirdTO in the TWG configured period, the terminal will transmit the PUSCHwith RV=0 through the third TO and the PUSCH with RV=3 through thefourth TO. According to the current standard, no other data transmissionwill be performed. Under normal circumstances in blind detection for thePUSCH by the base station, the PUSCHs with different RVs needs to bedetected in the third TO and the fourth TO.

Assuming that there are other time-frequency domain resources after thethird TO in the TWG configured period, these time-frequency domainresources may be different from the time-frequency domain resourcespreviously configured, such as different frequency domain positionsand/or different time domain positions, the base station will notify theterminal explicitly or implicitly which resources can be configured aspotential resources, and the terminal can transmit data through thepotential resources after receiving the notification from the basestation.

The potential resources are resources that will not be used under normalcircumstances and can only be used when previous normal resources cannotbe used and the base station and the terminal determine that thepotential resources need to be used in the same manner.

The case that FDM is between the potential resources and the normalresources is explained below with reference to the attached drawings.

As shown in FIG. 3, FDM is between the potential resources and thenormal resources in an embodiment of the present application. In FIG. 3,there are four normal TOs, namely TO0, TO1, TO2 and TO3, and twopotential TOs, namely TOp and TOq.

As shown in FIG. 3, the time position of the first potential resource,namely TOp, appears after the normal TO2, and the frequency domainposition of the first potential resource TOp is different from thefrequency domain position of the normal TOs, namely, the potentialresources and the configured resources (normal TOs) are in an FDMrelationship.

As an uplink data packet of the terminal arrives after the normal TO1and before the normal TO2 in a TWG configured period, the terminaltransmits the data to the base station through the normal TO2, and thebase station blindly detects the PUSCH in the normal TO2, thusdetermining that the terminal will continue to transmit the PUSCHthrough the potential TOp and the potential TOq.

As the terminal will transmit data through the potential TOp and thepotential TOq, the base station generally can not schedule otherterminals for uplink data transmission at the time-frequency domainresource positions of the potential TOp and the potential TOq of theterminal. If the base station must occupy the potential TOp and thepotential TOq for uplink data transmission to other terminals, it isnecessary to use dynamic signaling to notify the terminal that thepotential resources cannot be used for data transmission.

Generally, after transmitting the first PUSCH in the normal TO2 and thesecond PUSCH in the normal TO3, the terminal will use the potential TOpand the potential TOq to transmit the third PUSCH and the fourth PUSCHwith RV=0 and RV=3, respectively.

Embodiment 4

According to the current standards, when the terminal transmits the datato the base station, the base station configures resources for theterminal through RRC, the time domain resource position is {initial OFDMsymbol, the number of continuous OFDM symbols}, and the frequency domainresource position is a PRB set configured according to type 0 or type 1.

The time domain resource position and the frequency domain resourceposition are defined as one TO, namely, completion of one repeatedtransmission, for example, K=4, RV={0 0 0 0}, which means that fourrepeated transmissions are needed, and four TOs are needed. Here, the TOusually occurs in K continuous time slots.

If the uplink data packets of the terminal arrive at different timepoints within a TWG configured period, the terminal will transmit thefirst PUSCH indifferent TOs, and the actual number of transmission timesare related to the TO occupied by the first transmission, as shown inFIG. 4.

In FIG. 4, if the TO occupied by the first transmission is the first TO,the number of data transmission times is 4; if the TO occupied by thefirst transmission is the second TO, the actual number of datatransmission times is 3; if the TO occupied by the first transmission isthe third TO, the actual number of data transmission times is 2; and ifthe TO occupied by the first transmission is the 4th TO, the numberactual of data transmission times is 1.

According to the current standard, when the terminal transmits the datato the base station, no other transmission will be performed on otherresources except the normal TOs. The base station blindly detects thePUSCH.

Assuming that there are still available time-frequency domain resourcesafter the TO occupied by the first transmission in the TWG configuredperiod, the base station will explicitly or implicitly notify theterminal which ones among these time-frequency domain resources can beconfigured as potential resources, and the terminal can transmit datathrough the potential resources after receiving the notification fromthe base station.

The potential resources are resources that will not be used under normalcircumstances and can only be used when previous normal resources cannotbe used and the base station and the terminal determine that thepotential resources need to be used in the same manner.

When the base station configures resources to the terminal, as shown inFIG. 5, the base station configures four normal TOs and five potentialTOs to the terminal in an configured period. The four normal TOs areTO0, TO1, TO2 and TO3, and the five potential TOs are TO1, TOp, TOq, TOkand TOs.

When the uplink data packets of the terminal arrive at different timepoints in a TWG configured period, the base station first determines thetime-frequency domain positions of the occupied normal resources andpotential resources according to the TO occupied by the firsttransmission, and then traverses all possible TOs occupied by the firsttransmission to obtain a resource occupation pattern, which containsboth normal resources and potential resources. As shown in Table 2, thesecond and third columns in Table 2 indicate pattern 1 and pattern 2respectively.

TABLE 2 Pattern1 of TO Pattern2 of TO Pattern1 of Pattern2 oftransmission transmission First occupied TO opportunity opportunity TO0(transmission {TO0, TO1, TO2, {TO0, TO1, TO2, opportunity 0) TO3} TO3}TO1(transmission {TO1, TO2, TO3, {TO1, TO2, TO3, oPportunity 1) TOk}TOq} TO2 (transmission {TO2, TO3, TOq, {TO2, TOp, TO3, oPportunity 2)TOk} TOq} TO3 (transmission {TO3, TOq, TOk, {TO3, TOq, TOq2, oPportunity3) TOs} TOq3}

In Table 2, for example, if the first occupied TO is TO0, then the basestation determines that the potential resources do not be used, andobtains a resource occupation pattern 1 {TO0, TO1, TO2, TO3}, and aresource occupation pattern 2 {TO0, TO1, TO2, TO3}.

In Table 2, for example, if the first occupied TO is TO1, then the basestation determines to use one potential resource, and obtains a resourceoccupation pattern 1 {TO1, TO2, TO3, TOk}, and a resource occupationpattern 2 {TO1, TO2, TO3, TO3}.

It should be noted that TO q2 and TO q3 in Table 2 are not shown in FIG.5, and it can be deemed that TO q2 and TO q3 are TOs at differentfrequency domain positions and at the same time position of TO q.

In Table 2, other resource occupation patterns can be added, includingselection of different potential resources and different potentialresource arrangement orders, all of which can form a new pattern.

Therefore, when the uplink data packets of the terminal arrive atdifferent time points within a TWG configured period, the base stationonly needs to let the terminal know which pattern to use, and theterminal transmits data according to the TO in the pattern.

The terminal knows which pattern to use for data transmission, and thebase station can notify the terminal of the pattern index (number), sothat the terminal can determine the pattern of data transmissionaccording to the pattern index; and the base station can also select apattern fixedly, such as pattern 1 in Table 2, which means that theterminal always uses pattern 1 for data transmission.

Embodiment 5

According to the current standards, when the terminal transmits the datato the base station, the base station configures resources for theterminal through RRC, the time domain resource position is {initial OFDMsymbol, the number of continuous OFDM symbols}, and the frequency domainresource position is a PRB set configured according to type 0 or type 1.

The time domain resource position and the frequency domain resourceposition are defined as one TO, namely, completion of one repeatedtransmission, for example, K=4, RV={0 0 0 0}, which means that fourrepeated transmissions are needed, and four TOs are needed. Here, the TOusually occurs in K continuous time slots.

If the uplink data packets of the terminal arrive at different timepoints within a TWG configured period, the terminal will transmit thefirst PUSCH in different TOs, and the actual number of transmissiontimes are related to the TO occupied by the first transmission, as shownin FIG. 4.

According to the current standards, when the terminal transmits the datato the base station, no other transmission will be carried out on otherresources except the normal TOs; and when the potential resources areused for data transmission, the terminal can know which potentialresources will be used for data transmission after the firsttransmission.

After blindly detecting the PUSCH in the TO occupied by the firsttransmission, the base station can determine which potential resourceswill be used by the terminal for subsequent transmission according tothe predefined pattern or the configured potential resources. Generally,the base station cannot schedule other terminals for uplink datatransmission on these potential resources to avoid interference betweenusers. If the base station must occupy the potential TO that theterminal needs to use for uplink data transmission to other terminals,it is necessary to use dynamic signaling to notify the terminal that thepotential resources cannot be used.

Since the base station dynamically schedules the terminal to use thetime-frequency domain resources containing the potential resources, thebase station needs to know, that the terminal will enable the potentialresources, in a time period greater than Kx before the terminal firstenables the potential resources. Therefore, the time interval betweenthe time position of the first potential resource and the time positionof the normal TO occupied by the first transmission must be greater thanKx, so that the base station is prevented from dynamically schedulingother terminals on the first potential resource, wherein Kx is apredetermined value.

In addition, all potential resources must be in the same TWG configuredperiod as the normal TO occupied by the first transmission, so thatconfusion of HARQ Process ID is avoided.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiments of the presentapplication also provide a wireless communication device, a datatransmission apparatus and a computer device. Since the principle ofproblem solution with these devices is similar to the data transmissionmethod, the implementation of these devices can be understood byreferring to the implementation of the method, which will not berepeated here.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a data transmissionapparatus, as shown in the figure, which may include:

a resource determination module 601, configured to determine resourcesused for data transmission, wherein the resources are resources whichare used for data transmission and semi-statically configured by a basestation for a terminal, the resources include normal resources andpotential resources, and when the normal resources are unavailable andthe potential resources do not serve as a third type of resources ofother terminals, the base station and the terminal determine thepotential resources needed for data transmission in the same manner; and

a data transmission module 302, configured to transmit data on thenormal resources, and transmit the data on the potential resources whenthe base station adjusts a configuration for the normal resources andthus the normal resources cannot be used for data transmission, or inthe condition that repeated transmissions with a configured quantitycannot be completed on the normal resources.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the third type ofresources refers to resources dynamically scheduled by the base stationto the other terminals.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the normalresources are resources configured by explicit signaling and enabled byexplicit/implicit signaling.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources are resources configured by explicit/implicit signaling and/orautomatically enabled.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources are configured according to N adjacent resources in a resourceconfigured period behind the normal resources in the resource configuredperiod when the potential resources are configured by implicitsignaling, wherein N is a positive integer.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources of the previous min{M, J} resource units are used for datatransmission, in the condition that transmitting on the potentialresources, the normal resources have K resource units, M normalresources among the normal resources are unavailable, and J potentialresources among the potential resources are available, namely, thepotential resources are not used as the third type of resources of theother terminals.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the resource unitis a subframe, a slot, or a mini-slot.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that FDM is between thepotential resources and the normal resources; or

TDM is between the potential resources and the normal resources; or

FDM is between a part of the potential resources and the normalresources, and TDM is between the other part of the potential resourcesand the normal resources.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that before the datatransmission module 302 transmits the data to the base station on thepotential resources, the resource determination module 601 is furtherconfigured to:

determine the configured potential resources through a pattern,

wherein the pattern is determined according to a position of a normaltransmission opportunity (TO) occupied by first transmission of the dataand/or a position of the normal resources adjusted by the base station.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the pattern isspecified by a protocol, or configured to the terminal by the basestation.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources are in the same configured period as the normal TO occupied byfirst transmission of the data.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that a time intervalbetween a time position of the first potential resource and a timeposition of the normal TO occupied by the first transmission is largerthan K2, and K2 is a predetermined value.

For the convenience of description, each part of the above-mentionedapparatus is divided into various modules or units by function anddescribed separately. Of course, during implementation of the presentapplication, the functions of each module or unit can be implemented inone or more pieces of software or hardware.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the presentapplication can be implemented as follows.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communicationdevice, as shown in the figure, which includes:

a processor 700 configured to read a program in a memory 720 to:

process data according to requirements of a transceiver; and

the transceiver 710 configured to receive and transmit the data undercontrol of the processor 700, and configured to:

transmit the data to a base station on one or more normal resources; and

transmitting the data to the base station on one or more potentialresources, in the condition that the base station adjusts aconfiguration for the normal resources and thus the normal resources isunable to be used for data transmission, or in the condition thatrepeated transmissions with a configured quantity cannot be completed onthe normal resources, wherein the normal resources and the potentialresources are resources which are used for data transmission andsemi-statically configured for the terminal by the base station, and inthe condition that the normal resources are unavailable and thepotential resources do not serve as a third type of resources for otherterminals, the base station and the terminal determine the potentialresources to be used for data transmission in the same manner.

The third type of resources refers to resources dynamically scheduled bythe base station to the other terminals.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the normalresources are resources configured by explicit signaling and enabled byexplicit/implicit signaling.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources are resources configured by explicit/implicit signaling and/orautomatically enabled.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources are configured according to N adjacent resources in a resourceconfigured period behind the normal resources in the resource configuredperiod in the condition that the potential resources are configured byimplicit signaling, wherein N is a positive integer.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources of the previous min{M, J} resource units are used for datatransmission, in the condition that transmitting on the potentialresources, the normal resources have K resource units, M normalresources among the normal resources are unavailable, and J potentialresources among the potential resources are available, namely, they arenot used as the third type of resources of the other terminals, theprevious min{M, J} resource units are used.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the resource unitis a subframe, a slot, or a mini-slot.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that FDM is between thepotential resources and the normal resources;

or TDM is between the potential resources and the normal resources;

or FDM is between a part of the potential resources and the normalresources, and TDM is between the other part of the potential resourcesand the normal resources.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that before thetransceiver 710 transmits data to the base station on the potentialresources, the processor 700 is further configured to:

determine the configured potential resources through a pattern,

wherein the pattern is determined according to a position of a normal TOoccupied by the first transmission of the data and/or a position of thenormal resources adjusted by the base station.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the pattern isspecified by a protocol, or configured to the terminal by the basestation.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that the potentialresources are in the same configured period as the normal TO occupied bythe first transmission of the data.

In implementation, an optional implementation is that a time position ofthe normal TO occupied by the first transmission of the data and a timeposition of a first potential resource is larger than K2, and K2 is apredetermined value.

In FIG. 7, a bus architecture may include any number of interconnectedbuses and bridges, and is particularly connected via various circuits ofone or more processors represented by the processor 700 and memoriesrepresented by the memory 720. The bus architecture can also linktogether various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltageregulators, power management circuits or the like, which are well knownin the art and therefore will not be further described herein. A businterface provides an interface. The transceiver 710 may be a pluralityof elements, namely it includes a transmitter and a receiver, providingunits for communicating with various other apparatuses over atransmission medium. The processor 700 is responsible for managing thebus architecture and normal processing, and the memory 720 can storedata used by the processor 700 for operations.

An embodiment of the present application also provides a computerdevice, which includes a memory, a processor and a computer programstored in the memory and running on the processor, wherein the processorimplements the above data transmission method when executing thecomputer program. For specific implementation, please refer to theimplementation of the data transmission method.

In conclusion, in the technical solution provided by the embodiments ofthe present application, the terminal uses the potential resources totransmit data to the base station. The so-called potential resourcesrefer to the resources that the base station and the terminal determineto use in the same manner when the normally configured resources areunavailable, and the potential resources can be explicitly or implicitlyconfigured.

This solution provides a flexible resource configuration solution. Whenthe configured normal resources cannot be used, the potential resourcescan be used to complete the current data transmission, so thatreliability of data transmission is effectively ensured and no complexdynamic signaling is needed for configuration.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of theapplication may be provided as methods, systems, or computer programproducts. Therefore, the application may take the form of a fullhardware embodiment, a full software embodiment, or an embodimentcombining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the invention maytake the form of a computer program product implemented on one or morecomputer usable storage media (including but not limited to magneticdisk memory, optical memory, etc.) having computer usable program codestherein.

The application is described with reference to flow charts and/or blockdiagrams of the method, the device (system), and a computer programproduct according to the embodiments of the application. It should beunderstood that each process and/or block in the flow charts and/orblock diagrams, and combinations of processes and/or blocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, may be implemented by computer programinstructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to aprocessor of a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, anembedded processor, or other programmable data processing devices toproduce a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor ofthe computer or other programmable data processing devices produce anapparatus for implementing the functions specified in one or moreprocesses in the flow charts and/or one or more blocks in the blockdiagrams.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in acomputer-readable memory which can direct a computer or otherprogrammable data processing devices to function in a particular manner,so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory producean product including an instruction apparatus which implements thefunctions specified in one or more processes in the flow charts and/orone or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computeror other programmable data processing devices, so that a series ofoperational steps are performed on the computer or other programmabledevices to produce a computer implemented process. In this way, theinstructions executed on the computer or other programmable devicesprovide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or moreprocesses in the flow charts and/or one or more blocks in the blockdiagrams.

Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes andmodifications to the application without departing from the spirit andscope of the present application. Thus, under the condition that thesemodifications and variations of the present application fall within thescope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents,the present application is also intended to include these modificationsand variations.

1. A data transmission method, comprising: transmitting, by a terminal,data to a base station on one or more normal resources; andtransmitting, by the terminal, the data to the base station on one ormore potential resources, in the condition that the base station adjustsa configuration for the normal resources and thus the normal resourcesis unable to be used for data transmission, or in the condition thatrepeated transmissions with a configured quantity is unable to becompleted on the normal resources, wherein the normal resources and thepotential resources are resources which are used for data transmissionand semi-statically configured for the terminal by the base station, andin the condition that the normal resources are unavailable and thepotential resources do not serve as a third type of resources for otherterminals, the terminal determines the potential resources to be usedfor data transmission in a same manner as the base station.
 2. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein the third type of resources refersto resources dynamically scheduled by the base station to the otherterminals; and/or the normal resources are resources configured byexplicit signaling and enabled by explicit/implicit signaling; and/orthe potential resources are resources configured by explicit/implicitsignaling and/or automatically enabled.
 3. (canceled)
 4. (canceled) 5.The method according to claim 2, wherein the potential resources areconfigured according to N adjacent resources in a resource configuredperiod behind the normal resources in the resource configured period inthe condition that the potential resources are configured by implicitsignaling, wherein N is a positive integer.
 6. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the potential resources of the previous min{M, J}resource units are used for data transmission, in the condition thattransmitting on the potential resources, the normal resources have Kresource units, M normal resources among the normal resources areunavailable, and J potential resources among the potential resources areavailable, namely, the potential resources are not used as the thirdtype of resources of the other terminals.
 7. The method according toclaim 6, wherein each of the resource units is a subframe, a slot, or amini-slot.
 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein:frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) is between the potential resourcesand the normal resources; or time-division multiplexing (TDM) is betweenthe potential resources and the normal resources; or FDM is between apart of the potential resources and the normal resources, and TDM isbetween the other part of the potential resources and the normalresources.
 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein before thetransmitting, by the terminal, the data to the base station on one ormore potential resources, the method further comprises: determining, bythe terminal, the configured potential resources through a pattern,wherein the pattern is determined according to a position of a normaltransmission opportunity (TO) occupied by a first transmission of thedata and/or a position of the normal resources adjusted by the basestation.
 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the pattern isspecified by a protocol, or configured to the terminal by the basestation.
 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the potentialresources are in a same configured period as the normal TO occupied bythe first transmission of the data.
 12. The method according to claim 9,wherein a time interval between a time position of the normal TOoccupied by the first transmission of the data and a time position of afirst potential resource is larger than K2, and K2 is a predeterminedvalue.
 13. A wireless communication device, comprising: a processorconfigured to read a program in a memory to: process data according torequirements of a transceiver; and the transceiver configured to receiveand transmit the data under control of the processor, and configured to:transmit the data to a base station on one or more normal resources; andtransmit the data to the base station on one or more potentialresources, in the condition that the base station adjusts aconfiguration for of the normal resources and thus the normal resourcesis unable to be used for data transmission, or in the condition thatrepeated transmissions with a configured quantity is unable to becompleted on the normal resources, wherein the normal resources and thepotential resources are resources which are used for data transmissionand semi-statically configured for the terminal by the base station, andin the condition that the normal resources are unavailable and thepotential resources do not serve as a third type of resources for otherterminals, the base station and the terminal determine the potentialresources to be used for data transmission in the same manner.
 14. Thedevice according to claim 13, wherein the third type of resources refersto resources dynamically scheduled by the base station to the otherterminals; and/or the normal resources are resources configured byexplicit signaling and enabled by explicit/implicit signaling; and/orthe potential resources are resources configured by explicit/implicitsignaling and/or automatically enabled.
 15. (canceled)
 16. (canceled)17. The device according to claim 14, wherein the potential resourcesare configured according to N adjacent resources in a resourceconfigured period behind the normal resources in the resource configuredperiod in the condition that the potential resources are configured byimplicit signaling, wherein N is a positive integer.
 18. The deviceaccording to claim 13, wherein the potential resources of the previousmin{M, J} resource units are used for data transmission, in thecondition that transmitting on the potential resources, the normalresources have K resource units, M normal resources among the normalresources are unavailable, and J potential resources among the potentialresources are available, namely, the potential resources are not used asthe third type of resources of the other terminals.
 19. The deviceaccording to claim 18, wherein each of the resource units is a subframe,a slot, or a mini-slot.
 20. The device according to claim 13, wherein:FDM is between the potential resources and the normal resources; or TDMis between the potential resources and the normal resources; or FDM isbetween a part of the potential resources and the normal resources, andTDM is between the other part of the potential resources and the normalresources.
 21. The device according to claim 13, wherein before thetransceiver transmits data to the base station on the potentialresources, the processor is further configured to: determine theconfigured potential resources through a pattern, wherein the pattern isdetermined according to a position of a normal transmission opportunity(TO) occupied by a first transmission of the data and/or a position ofthe normal resources adjusted by the base station.
 22. The deviceaccording to claim 21, wherein the pattern is specified by a protocol,or configured to the terminal by the base station.
 23. The deviceaccording to claim 21, wherein the potential resources are in the sameconfigured period as the normal TO occupied by the first transmission.24. The device according to claim 21, wherein a time interval between atime position of the normal TO occupied by the first transmission of thedata and a time position of the first potential resource is larger thanK2, and K2 is a predetermined value.
 25. (canceled)
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